Since ancient times, salt has been a monopoly in the government. This monopoly is an effective means for the privileged class to control the lifeline of the people and maintain its dominance.
The Northern Song Dynasty was no exception. The court opened a courthouse, and after the upper and lower hands increased, the price of salt naturally increased. Many people could not afford official salt, which gave private salt a space to survive. As long as the people support, what kind of world is there
Miracles can be created, but how can it be just salt smuggling?
However, the salt trading in Hebei was unique in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Hebei was once the front line of confrontation with the Khitan. Maybe, but maybe, in order to win over the people's hearts in the battlefield, it made it difficult for the Khitan to rebel and exploit. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin once issued a personal edict allowing the people in Hebei to sell salt freely. The government is not allowed to interfere, but can only accept it.
Tax. Therefore, the burden on the people of Hebei is much lighter than that of other military prefectures.
Later, the Khitan of the Song Dynasty formed the Tanyuan alliance, and the two dynasties were in peace. The salt law that benefited the people but was not favorable to officials in Hebei seemed to have no need to exist. In order to maximize the blood and sweat of ordinary people, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty
, The relevant departments submitted a memorial requesting that the people of Hebei be prohibited from independently selling salt and converting it to official sales to make huge profits.
When the people of Hebei were desperate, but Emperor Renzong actually wrote an edict: "I will never let the people of Hebei eat precious salt often!" All the officials who made suggestions to compete for profit were expelled. This was a desperate situation.
The elders of Hebei all snatched ashes in their palms, lit fires and incense, and looked at the direction of the capital and cheered and thanked.
During the Xining period of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, due to Wang Anshi's reform, the court was eager for quick success and instant benefits, which gave the treacherous people who were catching fish in troubled waters an opportunity. So another official proposed to monopolize the salt profit in Hebei. In order to suppress such cruelty,
The arrogance of the exploiting people, and the good officials who love the people went to find the edicts of Song Taizu and Song Renzong, but what was amazing was that they could not find them - they should be there, but they could not find them, the matter of the Heavenly Kingdom,
It has always been so amazing that I can only say that there was no fire this time, which is a great blessing in disgrace.
Although the ancestors' last edicts could not be found, the people's hearts were engraved like monuments. Everyone in Hebei could recite the two edicts. After some controversy between the court and the country, Emperor Shenzong made it clear that the unpopular proposal was finally abandoned.
But today, Mrs. Cai once again mentioned the old saying - to dismiss the people of Hebei's right to sell salt and monopolize the salt rights for their own use! When this woman was in a hot heart, she was too lazy to even say such a scene as saving money for the country.
It reveals his greedy face - as long as the Hebei salt officials sell 10% of the way, and pull the imperial court's banner to make tiger skin, how much salt will be consumed in a day? Putting aside those private salt dealers who are killed, your family will be
There is still a lot of money and a lot of money every day. I still have to spend some time to reward the army and be happy to donate?
Cai was immersed in the expectation of a bumper harvest here, but Liang Zhongshu was already sweating profusely and jumped up and said, "Madam, I can't do it! I can't do it! Now there are officials in Hebei to cover the fields and refugees under him to waste.
The reason why the people can live in peace is that under the rule of Hebei, we have less taxes, so people's hearts are easy to settle. If the salt law is changed tomorrow, it will inevitably cause a stir. The four towns in Hebei are in a state of disgrace. Even if there are capable people, they cannot do it well.
Later! At that time, the people were in chaos and the Khitan was in the outside world, so there was no Hebei! Madam, you can’t ruin big things because of small profits!”
Seeing Liang Zhongshu's passionate look, Cai's happiness was immediately wiped out. He said to Liang Zhongshu with a cold face: "You are not a commoner in Hebei. Those untouchables are dead or alive. What does it have to do with you? You eat it. It is the salary of the court. If you don’t want to make money for the court, you will be called on for the troublemakers! If all the officials in the world are like you, then will there be moral integrity? Is there any law of the king?"
Liang Zhongshu was so angry that he couldn't speak after a while, and said, "Madam! You can't think about me? Although I have no great achievements or great mistakes in my remaining tenure in Hebei, I have no great achievements, Even though... even though the praise and criticism are mixed, there is still good governance that can be left to think about. However, if the Hebei official salt method is complete, I, Liang Shijie, will definitely leave a terrified eternal reputation in later generations. What glory does your face have? Madam !Please think twice!”
Cai raised his eyebrows and said sharply: "What do you think twice? I don't think about it yet! I'm also confused. Why did I blinded my eyes and be blinded by lard? I actually chose something like you? Daddy praised you. Suppressing bandits, knowing the opportunity, you should pick up a few unlucky people and kill them. It is just the right thing to report merit and ask for rewards. But you touched the eggs on the stone, and insisted on fighting with the thieves, and they were pinched a chicken. After I catch it, I have to use my dowry money to redeem you! This hammer business will make my Cai family poor. If I don’t think of a solution, I will just ask this family to eat the northwest wind? Today, this If you agree to the matter of Hebei Salt Law, you have to agree to it, and if you don’t agree, you have to agree! If you have a bad tooth, hehe…”
Liang Zhongshu had already lost his thoughts about this woman and said with a blank face: "Okay, okay! If you want money, I don't want to argue with you too much! The seal of the Hebei Left-behind Office is in my hands, I don't need it. I have to see how you do such an unkind thing!"
When Cai heard that Liang Zhongshu dared to rebel, he was furious and flew away. Before he knew it, he had already arrived on the stool. Ruhua Fengjie quickly supported him. Cai pointed at Liang Zhongshu and scolded: "I'll take you, a ignorant killer! You, a thousand-sword old killer! Unless you jumped into the well with your worthless left-behind seal, I will be truly convinced! You think that if I leave you, the killer, you will be Nothing is wrong? Humph! How many officials in Hebei, I just have to let them share a statement. If you don’t believe in this Hebei salt law, I will let everyone ginseng your crime of "indiscipline and privately accepting the reputation of the people", etc. When you lock the prison car and sit in the wooden cage, you have to see how the unruly people you protect will treat you!"
The seven orifices of Liang Zhongshu were smoked, and the halberd pointed at Cai's hatred and said, "You! You... the public instruments of my Song Dynasty court can be used by you as a woman? If you want to manipulate the officials in Hebei, wouldn't you want to seek fish by a tree?!"
Cai jumped again, jumped straight from the stool to the table, and a sweeping leg flew up. Suddenly, the bowls and dishes and the leftovers flew together, and the sauce and vinegar were all red shoes. Ruhua Fengjie wanted to show her loyalty and rushed to help her, and she was temporarily grateful. The disaster of fish in the pond was soaked all over his head. On the contrary, Liang Zhongshu, who was left behind in Hebei, sat in the hall to comfort the people and took charge of the army, was not a corpse position. He was a weak and unyielding fortune pill, and he could dodge his skills. Agile.
With the sound of throwing plates and hitting bowls, Cai's arrogance became even more powerful. He pointed his halberd at Liang Zhongshu and scolded: "Don't lose your time! The imperial court's official weapon? Bah! How many righteous people can you have in the Hebei yamen Son? You dare to underestimate me that I can’t do this - you must know that my father is Cai Jing!"
The last five words that Cai's loud voice made Liang Zhongshu feel as if he was ashamed. He couldn't help but sigh: "You evil woman! You have not harmed me enough. Do you still need to lead the disaster to Lord Taishan?"
Seeing that Liang Zhongshu's arrogance suddenly faded, Cai couldn't help but sneer "hey" and said leisurely: "What kind of disaster? It's obviously wealth! Today, only you, the killer, will keep a good copper coins without hugging them, but We have to go into the stinky mud pond to get stones! Hebei's new salt method will be 10% in less than two years, and our family will be able to become rich. We can also set rules in our actions. Only when we look outside, we can look like the daughter of the Grand Master and the Son-in-law. Others will not lose their decency as they are in the dynasty…”
Liang Zhongshu cut off his words hatefully and said, "It's better if I, Liang Shijie, don't want this kind of decent!"
Cai Fu was furious, only regretting that the beam of the room was too high and could not jump up. He had to stomp his feet and slam a pink-green glaze wine bottle produced by the official kiln on the table, and shouted angrily: "Liang Shijie! You unfaithful killer!"
Liang Zhongshu also took the initiative and pointed at Cai's hatred and said, "Just ask the Emperor Shang Fang to take the head of a fierce man!"
Cai was ignorant and could only hear it inexplicably, but knew it was definitely not good. In an instant, he couldn't help but get even more angry. He jumped a few times on the table, making the tabletop "dongdong" sound, like a drum of war: "You are the killer who is struck by lightning! Do you dare to scold me with articles? You are the evil man! The whole Liang family is the evil man!"
Liang Zhongshu hit his chest a few times, poked Cai and said loudly: "You! You... cast you to the jackal and tiger, but the jackal and tiger will not eat, throw you to the north, and you will not accept it, throw you to the other side!"
Cai's seven-character verses were not understood, and even more so, the profound "Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Xianbo". But even though he knew that the other party scolded him, he could only stand his head and bent. He couldn't swallow this tone no matter how angry he was! Below, smoke burst out from Cai's seven orifices, and he shouted: "I'll take you, a sour and vinegar killing material! You, a ungrateful killing material! You, a ungrateful killing material! You, a ungrateful killing material! The killing materials of six horses dismembered from the sky and the earth!"
Before he finished speaking, Cai's fish jumped, like a hungry eagle fighting against a rabbit, and rushed towards Liang Zhongshu. Seeing that she was coming fiercely, Liang Zhongshu hurriedly flashed back again. Cai's pounced on him, and fell into the ground and stumbled his ankle. It's awkward.
At this time, no longer cared about calling Liang Zhongshu "killing people", Cai shouted elegantly: "I'm going to kill me!" Then he sat down on the ground. Unexpectedly, he was sitting on the broken bowl. As the son went on, the injury made the injury worse. Cai flattened his mouth and howled loudly.
This scared Ruhua Fengjie so much that she was completely uneasy and rushed up to support her. When Ruhua saw that Cai could only play with a golden rooster standing alone with one leg, she was so scared that her ugly face was shifting, and she looked three points beautiful: "No, OK, Madam is injured!”
"Hulala" A group of maids rushed in and took Cai's care at the core. Cai's wrists ached faintly, and the buttocks were painful. The tears were like Meng Jiangnu who cried down the Great Wall. If it weren't for Daming Mansion The sewer project did not cut corners, and the streets were about to flood.
Liang Zhongshu was separated by a group of old men and horses from outside the crowd and could not reach out. Moreover, the two men were still angry before the quarrel was over. He didn't know if Cai was pretending, so he was unwilling to lower his voice and turned down his flag gun. , simply turned around and didn't look at Cai, but just faced the chrysanthemums outside the railing, gasping for breath.
Cai exclaimed for a long time, and when he saw Liang Zhongshu's voice was not answered, he felt even more angry. He cried as if the sky was pouring down. In just half a day, he finished crying for tears for the rest of his life. Finally, when he was breathing and exhausted, he was so angry that he was so tired.
Cai pointed to Liang Zhongshu's back and shouted: "Okay! OK! Liang Shijie! Let's ride a donkey and read the songbook - let's take a look!"
Many mothers and maids hugged Cai into the room, and the doctor asked for medicine without saying anything. Liang Zhongshu was alone, looking at the messy family banquet in front of him, and after staying for a while, he said nothing.
Sigh. This is exactly:
If a treacherous person has favor, he will cause disaster, and if a husband and wife have no love, he will succeed. But he doesn’t know what happens next, so let’s listen to the next breakdown.